Miniatures from the Romantic Era
Exhibition: Bomann-Museum, Celle, from 12 October 2024
The Romantic period was a particularly brilliant era for portrait miniatures. An army of artists created portraits of great sensitivity and astonishing technical perfection. 142 masterpieces from the renowned Tansey Collection shed light on the heyday of an art that had to give way to photography in the course of the 19th century.
The Romantic era was both the high point and the swan song of miniature painting. More people than ever before collected miniature portraits of their loved ones to carry with them or to gather together at home as a pictorial family album. 142 works, mostly by French, German, and Austrian artists, are presented and shown in outstanding color illustrations—some of them in large close-ups. These are commemorative portraits that depict men, women, and children in an unaffected and private manner.
The bilingual book (German and English) allows a comprehensive insight into the art of miniature painting in this magnificent era. Foremost specialists in this art sector have contributed detailed and richly illustrated introductory essays.
Period Romantic read more....
Catalogue Romantic read more....